Rune Brøndbo

Norwegian jazz musician and composer

Rune Brøndbo
Also known as	Sternklang
Born	(1968-03-02) 2 March 1968 (age 56) Norway
Genres	Jazz, electronica
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, guitar, vocals
Labels	Jazzland, Beatservice, dBut, Sonne Disk

Website	www.wibutee.net

Musical artist

Rune "Sternklang" Brøndbo (born 2 March 1968 in Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, guitar) and composer, known for recording with various notable bands including Wibutee and Sternklang. He is the cousin of the DDE drummer Eskil Brøndbo and vocalist Bjarne Brøndbo^[1]

Career

Brøndbo has made himself noticed with his band Sternklang releasing four records within a decade (1997–2006). He also contributes on the two latest albums of Wibutee, Playmachine (2004)^[2] and Sweet Mental (2006), with whom he performed at Nattjazz in Bergen (2003 and 2006), the last time featuring Anja Garbarek.^[3]

Discography

Solo works

As Sternklang

1997: Freestylespacefunk (Beatservice Records)
1999: Neolounge (Beatservice Records)
2002: My Time Is Yours (dBut)
2006: Transistor Beach (dBut)

Collaborative works

Within Rotoscope

2001: Great Curves (Jester Records)

Within Wibutee

2004: Playmachine (Jazzland)^[2]
2006: Sweet Mental (Sonne Disk)

References

^ "Rune Brøndbo – Musiker". Biography. Kulturnett.no. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b Colin Buttimer. "Wibutee Playmachine Review". BBC.co.uk.
^ "Rune Brøndbo at Nattjazz". Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.